Legal Opinion
Massachusetts v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 8, 2008No. 07-1482, 07-1483PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts wishes to ensure that the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (“NRC” or the “Commission”) will take account of the Commonwealth’s safety concerns about treatment of spent fuel rods before the NRC decides whether to renew the operating licenses of two nuclear energy plants: the Pilgrim plant in Plymouth, Massachusetts, and the Vermont Yankee plant in Vernon, Vermont, which is within ten miles of the Massachusetts border. The licenses were originally issued in 1972 and will expire in 2012; the re-licensing proceedings have been…
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